Written answers

Thursday, 2 February 2012

  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will take the current licensing and tax arrangements for oil and gas finds into account in his...
    • Waste Management
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the plans he has to regulate private refuse collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5822/12]
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that the Limerick regeneration project is fast-tracked and housing is provided as soon as...
    • State Agencies
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken towards agency rationalisation; the number of agencies currently under his remit; the...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how he intends to reallocate the funds raised through the household charge to local authorities; and if there...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action he, as Minister with legislative responsibility for local authorities, will take to address the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation he was referring to when he indicated during the debate in Dáil Éireann that households...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will meet the Priory Hall residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5722/12]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of transfers he envisages the rental accommodation scheme will receive this year; and if he will...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps that have been taken to address problems with unfinished estates; the amount of money available to...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units that will be built in the next three years. [5922/12]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in respect of local authority mortgages, the progress made on measures to deal with the issues relating to...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if city and council manager new entrants will continue to be awarded added years and special severance...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is reviewing the national spatial strategy; his plans for a review; the timeframe that exists for such...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the Knocknaheeny regeneration project, Cork; and the steps being taken to ensure its is...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether compliance with the building regulations relating to fire safety cannot be delivered in...
    • Strategy on Homelessness
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the implementation of The Way Home, the national homeless strategy; and if he will make...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, with reference to his reply to a Topical Issue debate on 24 January 2012 regarding the plight of the...
    • Rural Development
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will disclose the percentage of the €12.8 million made available to Roscommon Integrated Development...
    • Water Services
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he can put in place provisions for future requirements in respect of the domestic...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date on addressing the issue of funding food projects under the Leader programme; and if...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the purpose of including questions on water on the application form for the household charge; if he intends...
    • Water Services
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timetable for the establishment of an Irish water utility; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the duration of lease terms for National Asset Management Agency properties designated for social housing;...
    • Urban Regeneration
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how the planned regenerations of Limerick, St. Theresa's Gardens, Tom Kelly Road, St. Michael's Estate,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in formulating plans for the new property tax, whether allowances will be made available for those...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to encourage financial institutions to lend money on a fixed rate to voluntary housing associations...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 5 October 2011, if the forum on philanthropy and fundraising has...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services
      Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of incidents involving Irish citizens abroad which required consular assistance through Ireland's...
    • Trade Relations
      Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding trade missions to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6108/12]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding his recent visit to Japan; his plans to visit again; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reverse the decision to close Ireland's embassy in the Vatican; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis for the decision to phase out the age tax credit; and how this will be conducted over the course of the next four years. [5935/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding EBS mortgage repayments for persons on welfare. [5974/12]
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will issue a breakdown of the remuneration packages in place for chief executive officers of all semi-state companies here as of 27 January...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether debit card transactions are third party electronic payments exempted under SI 838/2007; if he will confirm that credit unions...
    • Personal Debt
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of credit card debt here; his plans to deal with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6072/12]
    • Credit Availability
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if any evaluation has been carried out of the extent to which business sector borrowing requirements continue to be met in cases in which a number of...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he will be involved in drawing up the technical note on refinancing the Anglo Irish Bank promissory notes due by the end of...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is his policy that the Central Bank of Ireland should not incur a loss on the provision of emergency liquidity assistance to support Irish...
    • Credit Availability
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the extent to which covered institutions are meeting lending targets in terms of actual amounts of loans drawn down rather than loans...
    • EU-IMF Agreement
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland is availing of the extended loan maturities in respect of funds drawn down under the EU-IMF programme of assistance, as provided for in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the completion of an apprenticeship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [5971/12]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the planned amalgamation of FETAC, HETAC and the NQAI will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6006/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the impact budget 2012 will have on a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding increments in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [5975/12]
    • Third Level Admissions
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider changing the deadline for applications to the Central Applications Office for third-level courses from January, in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concern of a board of management of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in...
    • State Agencies
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue an update regarding the replacement of FÁS by SOLAS; if he will give a date as to when he expects the process to be...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount paid in expenses to chief executives of vocational education committees around the country last year; if he will...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a proposal to lease accommodation for a school (details supplied) will be finalised and approved without further delay; and if he...
    • School Staffing
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the changes to the general allocation model in relation to learning support teachers has disproportionately affected Church of...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Scoilnet maps is to cease operation this month; the steps being taken to protect access to this valuable educational...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools now listed on the school building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6087/12]
    • Psychological Service
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a job-sharing application on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused in March 2010 because his...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if chief executive officers of vocational education committees are still in receipt of a €13,000 payment for their work as transport...
    • Modern Language Teaching
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision to end the modern languages pilot initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6119/12]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of senior staff below chief executive level in commercial semi-state companies who will face reductions in...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • State Agencies
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has established the possibility of merging Forfás into his Department as per his public services reform plan; if it...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to problems involving a company trading under a name (details supplied) and its former...
    • State Agencies
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the circumstances surrounding the possible publication of the Deloitte report; if circumstances will allow publication of...
    • Registry of Friendly Societies
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he intends to update or consolidate the legislation governing regulation of industrial and provident societies, friendly...
    • xremove
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names and number of trade unions which submitted an annual return to the register of friendly societies by 1 June 2011;...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ensure that the State's industrial relations agencies will treat with the utmost urgency the need to resolve...
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will issue a breakdown of the remuneration packages in place for chief executive officers of all semi-state companies...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding redundancy payments (details supplied). [5976/12]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the recognition of autism as a disability under the disability allowance scheme. [5977/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the options for pension reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6089/12]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when redundancy payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [5933/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of rent supplement recipients in County Donegal; the total number who now face cuts to their payments; and the average level of...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan may expect to receive their redundancy payment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a group (details supplied) in County Cork have had their training allowance reduced from €31.80 to €20 per week; the reason...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding community employment schemes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6083/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be informed of the result of their application for domiciliary care allowance; and...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide information on a redundancy application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the current...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is envisaged that employees will require 30 years of PRSI contributions to qualify for a full contributory pension; and if her...
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will issue a breakdown of the remuneration packages in place for chief executive officers of all semi-state companies here as of 27...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of the objections made by landowners to the proposed inclusion of land in the special protection areas in County...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will investigate the delay in payment for bog compensation and ensure that a person (details supplied) has their...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reactivate the traditional ring-netting of salmon on the stretch of water along Inver Strand, County...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has agreed on a tendering process for the proposed pay-as-you-save contracts to insulate domestic and...
    • Television Reception
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a waiver scheme whereby he will defray some or all of the costs that must be borne by...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide cutting-edge telecommunications technology in all areas throughout the country, urban and...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to further encourage energy conservation; if he has in mind the identification of specific targets;...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it was a direct instruction from the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition to allow AER VI...
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will issue a breakdown of the remuneration packages in place for chief executive officers of all...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Coastal Zone Management
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will develop an integrated coastal zone management plan for the Donegal Bay area, including Inver Bay,...
    • Water Services
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions he intends to put in place for those in financial hardship who may be required to upgrade...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria considered to judge whether a person has ties to a community; whether somebody who has lived in...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the household charge; where a property is let, whether the tenant pay the household...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when work will commence on a main drainage scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the policy in place with regard to updating files with local authority housing departments; when an...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the plans he has put in place to establish Ireland as a leading player in the global carbon market. [6024/12]
    • Building Regulations
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made on the commitment to introduce a single national building inspectorate service; if he will...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a rationalisation impact assessment on household waste collection; and if he intends...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how he will meet the commitment to increase the stock of social housing with a diminishing capital budget as...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how he plans to move towards zero-carbon homes. [6031/12]
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when we can expect legislation that will allow local authorities to take housing estates in charge; and...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends amending the 2010 Planning and Development Act to rebalance power towards elected...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has carried out any reviews into funding cuts to programmes funded through social inclusion; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he will be taking to ensure his Department will spend only €1.9 million for 2012, as opposed...
    • Community Development
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in relation to the alignment steering group, the procedure in the consultation process with local community...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if those who had to abandon their homes in the Kilmainham area of Dublin and other areas during last year's...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the sewage treatment plan for Drimoleague, County Cork; if funding is available to...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the situation regarding the obligation on householders to pay the household charge...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that many young persons are being taken off the voters' register if they stay a number...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will be allocating funding to Limerick County Council for the housing aid for elderly grant scheme...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has received information from the various local authorities in respect of arrears of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons currently on local authority housing lists throughout the country; their average...
    • Illegal Dumping
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost of remedial works in respect of illegal or unregulated landfill sites in each of the past...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when his attention was first drawn to the need to protect groundwater from pollution from domestic septic...
    • Community Development
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent or scale of grant aid available to him for disbursement to community groups or local authorities...
    • Fire Service
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects to be in a position to maintain the fire service, part-time and full-time,...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of housing units, with particular reference to family homes, built directly or acquired by...
    • Air Pollution
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which air pollution levels are recorded continuously throughout the country, either directly...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent, if any, to which he will be in a position to support the funding of local group water schemes by...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate funds are available to the local authorities to meet the requirements arising...
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will issue a breakdown of the remuneration packages in place for chief executive officers of all...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Prison Visiting Committees
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the name of each prison visiting committee; the membership of same; the number of committees with fewer than six persons in tabular...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of students here on stamp 2 visas for five years or more; if he will consider extending the option of long-term residency to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a barring order, safety order or protection order made in the context of family law proceedings represents grounds for rejecting an...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify his position regarding the location of the Garda water unit; if he will confirm that it is to be retained at its...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will update Dáil Éireann on the progress on the Garda review of the case of the murder of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding anti-social activity at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [6103/12]
    • Garda Vetting Service
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a Garda clearance certificate will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • Personal Insolvency Bill
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he envisages that solicitors would meet the eligibility criteria to qualify as personal insolvency trustees as set out in the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and likely position regarding residency or family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Defence about the policy of paying Border duty allowance to members of the Defence Forces; the number of members who will be allowed to retain this...
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will issue a breakdown of the remuneration packages in place for chief executive officers of all semi-state companies here as of 27 January...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the grazing of horses on a land parcel will affect the agri-environment options scheme application of a person (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider providing funding for the establishment of sheep discussion groups. [5956/12]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline on a county basis the number of farmers that have received payments for the 2010 agri-environment option...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new terms and conditions for the disadvantaged area scheme 2012. [5958/12]
    • Fishing Quotas
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing quota for herring and mackerel fishing to the Inver Traditional Inshore Fishermen, County...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce new legislation to update the 1875 by-law prohibiting the practice of trawling within the confines of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue to representations this Deputy made to him on behalf of a person (details supplied). [5978/12]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the disadvantaged areas scheme will be made available to new entrants in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when final payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consultation process entered into internally within his Department or externally with the public with regard to SI...
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a breakdown of the remuneration packages in place for chief executive officers of all semi-state...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding a report (details supplied). [6104/12]
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views regarding the outsourcing of assessment agencies for the purposes of inter-country adoption in the context of this...
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will issue a breakdown of the remuneration packages in place for chief executive officers of all semi-state companies as...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health if personnel who leave posts with the Health Service Executive before the end of February will be asked to sign an agreement that they will not seek...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for the merger of the National Cancer Registry board with the Health Service Executive as per his rationalisation plan...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be informed of the result of a medical card appeal; and if he will expedite a response. [6112/12]
    • Hospital Appointments
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be granted for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5937/12]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health if the long-term illness scheme can be reviewed to include lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus). [5944/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all the divisional managers in the Health Service Executive covering west Limerick, including their full titles and...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to have a national ambulance service transfer policy set up; and when he expects this will be implemented. [5967/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application submitted on the 3 February 2011 is not on record, according to the central processing unit in Finglas, Dublin;...
    • Hospital Parking Services
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health the persons that sat on the car parking working group for Connolly Hospital, Dublin; how the hospital car parking group conducted their consultation...
    • Health Services
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [6014/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive speech and language therapy; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [6098/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long-term care plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [6105/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a breakdown of the remuneration packages in place for chief executive officers of all semi-state companies here as of 27 January...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • State Agencies
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the planned merger of the National Roads Authority and the Railway Procurement Agency is underway; when the process is...
    • Road Safety
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce measures to increase the level of back-seat seatbelt usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter....